October 3rd, 2005
Tags: plaquemines parish, st bernard parish, mrgo, environmental damage, usgs
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The DMN's "Seafood industry forced over the edge" reports that the $2.6 billion a year industry has been severely damaged by both hurricanes:
…That has heightened uncertainty about the future of an industry that provides nearly 30,000 jobs and lands almost half of the shrimp, 26 percent of the crabs and 37 percent of the oysters […]
October 3rd, 2005
Tags: russel honore, plaquemines parish
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Thirty-percent of Plaquemines Parish is still under water, and according to Parish President Benny Rousselle, 16,000 out of their 28,000 residents are still displaced. However, note the very low death toll in this report:
…[Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore says] "To these people, the crisis is still going on… They haven't gotten to the recovery part […]
September 26th, 2005
Tags: plaquemines parish, ward9, engineering, army corps of engineers
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Col. Duane Gapinski, commander of the Unwatering Task Force for the Corps of Engineers says: "It's a winnable battle… We had the city under control before Rita, and I'm pretty optimistic we're going to do it again."
On Sunday, he said that Plaquemines Parish would take another three weeks.
Hurricane Rita flooded the lower 9th Ward on […]
